Metrosideros excelsa (Myrtaceae) - Plate 445

Joseph Banks

New Zealand (Parts 20 - 27)

Line engraving by Gabriel Smith after Sydney Parkinson (1769 - 1770). Joseph Banks and his party saw this species at: Opoorage, New Zealand (5 November - 15 November 1769) Totara nui, New Zealand (15 January - 6 February 1770)

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Note:
This print is also illustrated as Plate 56 on page 129 of Joseph Banks' Florilegium: Botanical Treasures from Cook's First Voyage, published by Thames & Hudson Ltd 

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